It was the end of the world as we knew it
In his second piece about Northamptonshire during the English Civil War, Mike Ingram takes us back to June 1645, when the future of the nation was decided at the Battle of [...]
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Historian’s Facebook plea to Northampton: What has happened to England’s rebel heart?
Historian Mike Ingram has poured out his concerns about the future of Northampton in an emotional Facebook post that asks what kind of people are living in the area [...]
Northamptonshire’s hot protestants and the Great Rebellion
Mike Ingram looks at the county’s part in the English Civil War… The ‘Great Rebellion’ better known today as the English Civil War began on 22 August 1642. [...]
Fotheringhay – another missing Northamptonshire castle
Mike Ingram reveals the history of Fotheringhay Castle, a forgotten jewel in Northamptonshire’s crown… Northamptonshire just drips with history. Almost every [...]
The Delapre Abbey story
Mike Ingram delivers an epic account of the history of Delapre Abbey… Although the café has been open for a while and the house has been open for weddings and [...]
Is this a red or white rose county? The Lancastrian connection…
The second part of Mike Ingram’s two part examination of Northamptonshire’s key role in the Wars of the Roses… In the last issue we looked at the Yorkist [...]
The Hog, the Dog and the Cat
Why the Rose of the Shires should be the Shire of the Roses [...]
Who is standing guard over our heritage?
Northampton. Once upon a time, it was one of the most important towns in England with a history few other English towns can boast. It was a place where national decisions [...]
The Gunpowder Plot in Northamptonshire
Mike Ingram takes a forensic look at history’s most famous terror plot and how it was very much a Northamptonshire conspiracy… Everyone knows Bonfire night, but [...]